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Dagne began her long walk on February 3, 1931 and reached her
destination on April 21, 2014. The genius of her artistry and the
generosity of her matriarchy gave cause for her to be widely loved
and often celebrated during the time she shared with us.
Her artwork remains on the walls of fortunate people across
the country. Her spirit remains as well, in the hearts of the many
people that loved her and were loved in return.

"It seems to me that the artist's work serves best as his
statement without the possibly confusing factor of verbal
pondering. However, thinking on the elements in my life and
my psyche which seem to be most operative in producing my
work the primary ones seem to be:

2. My lifelong fascination with people and our infinite variety
of manifestations.

3. Over fifty years of being a mother, up close and personal,
of six children. Because of this my approach to completing
work involved using such time as I had available in the most
efficient and productive way I could manage-completing
artwork in the one or two hour increments allowed by my
children's nap times and after they went to bed. The
cumulative effect of this use of time and observation has
served me well. It has taught me to look fast, see what I'm
looking at, understand it, and convey structure and spirit with
selective economy.

An unanticipated but treasured benefit of having spent a
lifetime studying, absorbing, and conveying my impressions of
the vast variety of the human presence has been the ancillary
opportunity to learn more about myself and to understand that
those who were my subjects also came to have an expanded
understanding of who they might be."

Dagne, 2006

If you haven't seen Dagne's art beyond the electronic confines of the
Internet and would like to see some for yourself tours of her studio
may be arranged for qualified persons.